Heart of the Castle

Chapter 283 The Dagger of the Shadow of the Greencastle Surrendered

"I saw it, I saw it! Flame fighting energy is not a waste fighting energy that can only reach the level of dissipation!" A somewhat insane voice came from the mouth of Sir Chirawala, a descendant of the Merister family. The foam flew away, and he took two steps forward, as if he wanted to talk to Wilps.

However, watching the battle from such a close distance has caused Sir Chirawala's body to suffer serious trauma. As soon as he moved his feet, he lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.

Levi and Cedric hurried forward and took off the heavy bronze armor from Sir Chirawala. The scarred body under the armor made both of them take a breath. "Father God is merciful..." Lord Cedric blurted out, and Levi's expression was also very shocked.

Sir Chillawara's body was not as strong as it appeared on the surface. Although his muscles appeared strong, he was also very thin, with his ribs sticking out.There are countless old scars on his body, which are long but not deep. They all look like injuries from being too devoted to combat training.

"Sir Chilavala reached the level of a quasi-knight at the age of 14, and he comprehended the seed of fighting energy in the second year. Before confirming that it was an ordinary flame fighting energy, he was also known as a genius in the Merister family... said Lord Cedric with a slight sigh. "I didn't expect to reach that level by relying on inhuman tempering."

Wilps, who had regained his mood, stood up, his eyes flicked over Sir Chirawala's body, "It's normal, I also have the reputation of a genius knight, but who would know that I followed my teacher back then on the mainland Traveling upstream, have you experienced life and death difficulties?" His voice was full of memories, "Behind the reputation of a genius is countless sweat and blood."

Several soldiers came over and lifted the pale Sir Chirawala down.The tall black horse that Wilps rode over trotted up the hillside, its huge head lowered and rubbed against Levi's shoulder.Li Wei smiled and patted the black horse's head, then turned to Lord Cedric and said: "Your Excellency, the matter of Sir Lidwan has not been resolved yet, the king's envoy and Viscount Lane's niece, Miss Lisa, are still being detained in Green In the castle, we need to rescue them immediately."

"Ah, yes, Lord Levi, then let us go together." Lord Cedric nodded as if waking up from a dream.

"Of course that's good, it's just causing trouble to His Excellency," Levi said.

"No trouble. As lords with neighboring territories, it is our duty to help each other." Although Lord Cedric's voice was loud, he seemed not so comfortable.The lord with a sword, known as the Great Commander of the Northern Territory, has made up his mind that no matter how tempting the viscounty land looks, he is not going to set foot in it anymore.

A powerful title knight, well-trained warriors and militiamen, an incredible marksman, and the most mysterious and terrifying young military leader. Although Viscount Lane is dead, his territory is obviously not easy to invade.

The gate of the Green Castle has been tightly closed since those black-armored knights fled in. However, the place that was split by the roaring bear Donald with an axe had only time to repair it with wooden planks, and it couldn't withstand the attacks of the knights at all.Wilps slashed furiously, causing the fragments of the gate to fly in all directions, and the guards behind suddenly let out a cry of surprise and fear.

Another slash was made by Lord Cedric, and the gate of the Green Castle tilted sideways with a creaking sound, and the bronze bars inlaid on it had been cut with deep dents.Behind the gate, the Green Castle guards with spears formed a not-so-thick square formation, and everyone had a look of panic on their faces.

The only remaining Copman knights among the vassal knights of the Green Castle strode forward and came in front of the Green Castle guards. "Drop your arms!" he said. "I am the Copman Knight!"

"Master Copman Knight, why are you with these enemies of the Green Castle?" A voice sounded from behind the spear array.

"Where is Lord Ridvan?" Another voice asked, "We only take orders from Lord Ridvan."

"Sir Lidwan has long slept, but he did not die here, but at the hands of those he trusted!" Knight Copman shouted in a painful voice: "Those black-armored knights are undead monsters, they are the ones who assassinated Ser Lydwan!"

The guards of Greencastle were all silent, exchanging surprised and horrified looks.Knight Copman has an old personality and a high prestige among the guards of Green Castle, and the cruel and ruthless performance of those black armored knights also made these guards feel disgusted from the bottom of their hearts.

No one gave orders, but spear after spear were lowered, and then there was a rustle of footsteps, and the Greencastle guard stepped aside from the door.

Li Wei and others strode into this ancient castle. The interior of the Green Castle is almost as old as the city wall, and they are all built with large pieces of chlorite. Thick moss grows between the rock gaps. Not even the mortar was applied.

"Where are those undead monsters? Where are the envoys of the kingdom and Miss Lisa imprisoned?" Li Wei asked a Greencastle guard with his spear hanging down.

He was answered by a hesitant voice, "I don't know what messengers and ladies are, but when those black-armored knights came back just now, they ordered us to guard the castle, and then they all went to the main building."

After many repairs by the Ryan family and Sir Lidwan's family, the main building of the Green Castle is the only building in this ancient castle that looks a little more orderly, and it is also the most majestic building that Li Wei has ever seen except for the illusory castle heart. architecture.In its heyday, the hall here could accommodate hundreds of rebels shouting and drinking, and the surprisingly huge chimneys on both sides were like towers, and the smoke from them was as straight as a column, almost reaching the clouds.

However, now it has lost the prosperity of the past, decayed grass is overgrown, and the traces of the disaster have not been completely erased from the castle. A pool of black and red liquid is soaked next to the two iron gates, and a few huge flies are flying around. Fly up and down.

"Open the door," commanded Lord Cedric.

"Sorry, we can't open it." A man who looked like a captain among the Green Castle guards replied, "It's the same for Lord Copman. The key to the door lock here has always been in the hands of Sir Sir. A masked guest of honor took charge."

"A distinguished guest with his face covered?" Li Wei repeated, with some doubts in his tone.

"A hypocritical guy who always puts on a polite appearance, but deep down no one looks down on him. His tone is like a butler of a wealthy and noble family." Knight Copman said angrily: "I have reminded you a long time ago. Lord Jazz noticed it, but Jazz didn't listen at all."

"Butler..." A figure appeared in Li Wei's mind for no reason.

"Since there is no way to find the key, let's break open the door!" Lord Cedric sneered and lifted up the heavy tomahawk. Although this thing is not as easy to use as the long-handled tomahawk, the iron door of the main building of the Greencastle will not. Dodging, of course, makes no difference.

The two cast-iron gates didn't last much longer than the city gate, and they slumped inside, revealing a toothless black mouth, welcoming everyone with a grim smile.Lord Cedric sneered, his body gleaming with white fighting spirit, and walked towards the door opening, followed by Levi, followed by Wilps and Sir Grace holding a longbow.

The hall of the Green Castle belongs to the architectural style of hundreds of years ago. It is cold and drafty, and there are dark shadows everywhere. The fireplace that is always burning has long been extinguished, and there is not even a little red hot embers left.This made the light in the hall worse and colder at the same time.

"Damn it, what did the servants do here? Why did you even turn off the fire in the fireplace?" Knight Copman cursed immediately after he walked in.However, Li Wei shook his hand to stop him, and then pointed out to him the two shadows lying down beside the fireplace.

"I think that this should not blame those who have already gone to the Kingdom of Eternal Night."

Those two were none other than Sir Ridwan's personal attendants.He is also the nephew of the Greencastle vassal knight.One of them was lying on his back against the fireplace, staring blankly at the ceiling.The poker in his hand was cut off by the sharp blade, and the sword also split him from the shoulder to the chest at the same time.The other was sprawled on the ground, so wounded so many times that even his jacket looked scarlet.Knight Copman caressed the servant lying on the ground with trembling hands, his voice choked.

"Koba, little Koba...my boy."

Everyone thought the squire was dead, but when Knight Copman's hand fell on his head, he slightly opened his eyes.

"Father, run away..." the servant named Koba said weakly: "Those black-armored... knights, kill anyone you see..." Bloody foam appeared from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes closed involuntarily .

A ball of white light landed on the dying attendant, and then disappeared. The young man's body trembled suddenly, and then he opened his eyes again.

"I... didn't die?"

Ecstasy appeared on the face of Copman Knight, and he held Koba tightly in his arms. "Yes, not dead! Thank the gods for not taking you away from me!" Then he turned his gaze to Li Wei, "As for you, Lord Li Wei, I can't express my gratitude in words, now that I have I lost the lord I was loyal to, if you don't dislike it, I hope to join you."

"As the military leader of the Viscounty, I welcome you very much, Knight Copman." Li Wei said seriously: "I will discuss with others as soon as possible and arrange your territory."

"No, Lord Li Wei, you have misunderstood me. What I mean is to be your vassal knight, not the direct knight of the Viscounty." Knight Copman said.

Li Wei showed a hesitant expression, frowned and said: "Knight Copman, I hope you will be considerate. At present, I don't have a territory and a title, so I can't arrange the treatment you deserve. If you are interested in the future of the Viscount If you have any uncertain thoughts, I think Lord Cedric and other lords will also welcome you to join."

Before the others could make a statement, Knight Copman said loudly decisively: "I have already considered it, Mr. Levi, please allow me to pledge my allegiance to you."

Li Wei had no reason to refuse, so he nodded to the Copman knight and said: "Since this is the case, I agree with you to become my vassal knight, but we will make it up later after the ceremony, and we must immediately eliminate those undead monster!"

"They are all gathered upstairs, Lord Levi, there are about seven or eight of them." Koba said, his face was extremely pale.Although the white light can heal his injuries, it is not so easy to make up for the lost blood.

"Okay, I see, Koba, you stay." Li Wei ordered, seeing Koba opened his mouth to say something, the young military leader smiled and explained to him: "It's not just you , all people below the level of quasi-knights must stay below, those guys are not easy opponents to deal with."

"Master Levy is right," Lord Cedric agreed, and at the same time took the torch from the soldier next to him, "Those guys are afraid of fire, so we will not let them do what they want, light all the fireplaces, and use firewood Enclose the main building of this castle, so that those guys can't fly!"

"Only after the envoy of the kingdom and Miss Lisa are rescued, can the fire be lit." Li Wei added hastily.

"Of course, of course." Lord Cedric laughed to hide his embarrassment, and then walked up the stairs first.

The stairs leading to the second floor were originally built with large unpolished rocks, but after hundreds of years of trampling, they have been worn very badly. A few rough planks are placed on the most severely worn parts of the steps. It creaked, making people wonder whether it was a measure to prevent falls or a trap for people to slip down the steps.

The top of the stairs was dark, and it suddenly became narrow. Li Wei stepped up to the last step with the knight sword in his hand. The silver-white fighting spirit flames on his body shone brightly, so that he didn't need to rely on the light of the torch at all.The cold corridor was empty, without any figure, only an old unusable knight armor standing silently holding a halberd.The walls on the left and right sides of the corridor are glowing with the unique smooth luster of chlorite. A torch is fixed at a certain distance, which is used for lighting and to drive away the cold of the northern winter night. The night does not go out.

But now all the torches have been extinguished, and the lighter sat on his post with his head held high. The torch used to light the fire was inserted deeply into his mouth, through his throat, and directly into his body, leaving his remains Showing a very strange and terrifying smile.

When Li Wei walked past the corpse, he couldn't help shivering. At first he thought it was because of the unusual appearance of the corpse, but he soon became alert.

If it is an ordinary person, it is not uncommon to be frightened by a corpse with a horrible death, but Li Wei is not an ordinary person. He is a high-level knight who has experienced evil disasters and has grown up.On the battlefield where he was fighting against demons, he had seen countless corpses that were more miserable than the fire igniter!
The light of probing technique flickered in Li Wei's eyes, and his expression changed immediately!
A huge blood-red light spot is close at hand!

Li Wei didn't have time to warn anyone, the silver light of the long sword flashed, and he slashed towards the place where the blood-red light spot was hiding.

The sword light tore through the shadows, but there was no obstacle where it passed, as if it was a mass of air.Several knights walking beside were taken aback, looked into the shadows, but found nothing, and couldn't help casting suspicious glances at Li Wei.However, Li Wei knew clearly that that terrible guy hadn't left.

The place where the sword edge stayed had reached a solid wall, and it could be said that there could be nothing between the sword edge and the wall, but the blood-red spot of light remained motionless, without sound, or any strange reaction.There was a tremor in Li Wei's heart. He never thought that the probing technique might fail, but in this case...

Li Wei didn't take back the long sword, but touched the light spot with his consciousness.

"Unknown hostile creature, shadow hiding state, data unknowable."

While the small light curtain unfolded in front of Li Wei's eyes, a force suddenly came from his arm. This force was not that irresistible and powerful, but it made Li Wei's arm holding the long sword move slightly. Feng involuntarily slid to the side.

As if part of the shadow was torn, a thin figure wearing a black cloak with his face hidden in the hood rolled out from under Li Wei's sword.The surrounding knights shouted in shock and anger, and their long swords flashed with different colors of fighting spirit, hacking and stabbing at the figure.However, this thin and small figure seemed to have no entity at all, turning around under the sword like a puff of smoke, making all the dazzling light of fighting spirit fall into nothingness.

Li Wei kicked back with his right foot, and the whole person rushed out. The long sword in his hand swung down a ferocious silver arc. When it came out, it landed on his head.

The figure let out a low curse, crossed his hands and raised his hands, using two long daggers shining with dark green luster to parry Li Wei's epee.

There was a piercing sound of metal rubbing, and Li Wei felt that weird power again, but this time the young knight tried his best to twist his wrist and let the long sword slide down the side of the long dagger.

Li Wei felt the feeling of the long sword piercing the flesh from his hand, but only for a moment.The figure snorted and twisted into the ground, or rather, into the shadow of the ground.

"Solved!" Someone shouted in surprise. "There's blood on the ground!"

However, Li Wei frowned, looking at the purple blood dripping along the edge of the sword. "The guy suffered minor injuries at most, and he escaped."

"Be careful, that's the shadow assassin of the Demon Race!" Lord Cedric blurted out, "Don't go near any shadows!"

The reminder came too late, and Sir Thrace, with the green snake emblem coiled around his chest, retreated to the furthest distance in fear. He pressed his back against the solid chlorite wall, thinking that this was the safest place.However, when that thin figure emerged from the shadow beside him, he realized that there was not even a companion beside him who could support him.

"I surrender!" screamed Sir Thrace, throwing down his sword, which he did not think would save his life.

But without this sword, he still couldn't keep it.
"Master Jazz, only your life is worth anything to me." The figure's voice was soft and frightening.

The poison-enhanced dagger was attached to his neck and stroked lightly. His eyes were full of panic, and he opened his mouth to scream, but even this last scream was blocked in his throat by the instantly swollen tongue.

When the shadow assassin merged into the shadows again, no one dared to let himself be independent from the crowd. They stood back to back, looking around, and many people's eyes showed a feeling of panic .

Even a true knight would be jittery about two dreadful daggers that could emerge from the shadows at any moment to take his life, but would not flinch.

Only the four knights dared to leave the crowd and search for the shadow assassin alone, Levi, Wilpus, Dickway and Lord Cedric.The battle qi ignited on their bodies was brilliant and brilliant, driving all the shadows around their bodies into the distance.

However, that kind of protection cannot be said to be perfect, because only when it is running at full strength can the fighting spirit be dispersed to form that kind of flame. When he turned around, the flame on Li Wei's body suddenly dimmed, making the ground behind him For a moment a shadow appeared.

The figure of the Shadow Assassin appeared, and two poisoned daggers were silently drawn towards Li Wei's waist!

(End of this chapter)